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Psychology major Kaylee Miceli is spending her summer in Vietnam interning with students from Tan Tao University to explore how various treatment methods affect depression.<\/em><\/p>\n

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When Kaylee Miceli decided to head up a neuroscience research study in Vietnam, there was only one problem: a plane ticket to Vietnam isn\u2019t cheap.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew what I wanted to do, but there was always a financial barrier,\u201d said Miceli, a rising junior who is a psychology major.<\/p>\n

Instead, she hunkered down in the library, trying to decipher Vietnamese research papers on mental health treatment in a part of the world she thought she couldn\u2019t visit.<\/p>\n

But with financial support from the Carolina Global Initiative Award<\/a>, Miceli boarded a plane to Ho Chi Minh City this summer to explore her interest in neuroscience in a way she never thought possible.<\/p>\n

An initiative of Carolina\u2019s Center for Global Initiatives<\/a>, the award provides need-based funding to students with little or no travel experience, allowing them to research, study, work and volunteer across the country and the world.<\/p>\n

During her summer in Vietnam\u2019s Long An Province, Miceli is interning with local students from Tan Tao University to conduct interviews with nearly 40 patients at a local hospital, exploring how various treatment methods affect depression \u2014 an illness surrounded by intense stigma in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been interested in eastern philosophy and how different perspectives influence the way we approach science,\u201d she said. \u201cJust bringing in all these new perspectives on medicine and religion and philosophy is going to affect the way I look at neuroscience from now on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every four weeks, Miceli measures the effectiveness of depression treatments by surveying patients to evaluate their symptoms, including insomnia and social withdrawal. With the help of her Vietnamese collaborators, she will continue to direct the study once she arrives back in the United States for the fall semester.<\/p>\n

The experience has already affirmed Miceli\u2019s future plans to study the human brain.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t decided on a specific area in the brain that I want to delve into, but I do want to get my Ph.D. and go into research, so this is a great introduction to that,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m very happy and in awe that I even got the opportunity to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miceli is one of 54 students \u2014 many of them first-generation college students and first-time international travelers\u2014 who have traveled around the world with the Carolina Global Initiative Award over the past six years.<\/p>\n

Brandy Arellano, program manager at CGI, said the goal is to make travel accessible to all students, including transfer students, veterans and others who don\u2019t traditionally pursue global experiences during college.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a global education comes adaptability, confidence, intercultural skills and this new self-awareness that can really help students excel, not only academically but in their future careers as well,\u201d she said. \u201cIt brings a new sense of pride and a new sense of \u2018I can do it\u2019 to these students. Having global experiences really influences what our students can contribute to the University, to the state and even to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miceli has experienced this growth firsthand. In her two weeks in Vietnam, she has become confident in navigating the city, working with peers and getting to know the locals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s an indescribable energy here that I\u2019m able to feed off of, which has been great,\u201d Miceli said. \u201cPeople have been amazingly kind to me and have made my experience and my transition so much easier, especially as a first-time traveler abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Story by Emilie Poplett, UNC Communications<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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